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Niyo: Offense goes dark; sloppy Spartans still searching for solutions

Matt Charboneau and John Niyo of The Detroit News analyze Michigan State's loss to Ohio State. Matt Charboneau, The Detroit News

East Lansing – The sequence was almost as hard to describe as it was to watch.

But just as Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio tried to explain it late Saturday afternoon – detailing the moment the wheels fell off in the Spartans’ 26-6 runaway loss to Ohio State at Spartan Stadium -- the lights went out in the middle of his postgame press conference.

“Oh, this is nice,” Dantonio said, as the interview room fell dark and his humor followed suit.